But in these shutdown standoffs, it can still be a lifetime. I think a lot of times leadership likes to prove they exhausted every option before the most realistic one has to pass.

Lawmakers have another self-imposed shutdown deadline on Friday, which is likely to result in one of two things - a shutdown or another continuation of the spending plans authorized a very long ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., about the House GOP caucus and the Dec. 20 stopgap funding vote. For more on last night's vote to avoid a government shutdown, we're joined ...

NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson joins NPR's Ayesha Rascoe to discuss the spending battle and how it could affect the early months of the incoming Trump administration.

Getting ahead of the shutdown was better politically for those vulnerable members. Remember, he only has a four-seat majority in the House, and he wants to keep it in the next election.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is sounding the alarm about the damage a government shutdown could do to the U.S. economy. "It's really reckless and will impose immediate harm," Yellen told NPR.

A government shutdown is averted for now, yet tempers flared on Capitol Hill before lawmakers left town this week. Meanwhile, President Biden met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.